If anyone could release a game cartridge, the GBA would have been filled with shovelware. Homebrew was possible on the DS and later thanks to off-the-shelf SD cards, but that didn’t mean you were going to be suddenly granted a writable game cartridge. If that were the case, we wouldn’t need emulators.
Anyone can relaxed a game cartridge now, they were walled gardens, but that’s no longer the case.
Why move the goalposts? You’re also now suggesting we gatekeep devs? Why is releasing something on pc time, but wouldn’t be fine if it was “homebrew”? Because it doesn’t fit your bias?
A game release is a game release, or do these limitations only apply to one side unevenly?
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How so? How can it be a walled garden if anyone can develop and release a game cartridge for it?
tonytins@pawb.social 1 month ago
If anyone could release a game cartridge, the GBA would have been filled with shovelware. Homebrew was possible on the DS and later thanks to off-the-shelf SD cards, but that didn’t mean you were going to be suddenly granted a writable game cartridge. If that were the case, we wouldn’t need emulators.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Anyone can relaxed a game cartridge now, they were walled gardens, but that’s no longer the case.
Why move the goalposts? You’re also now suggesting we gatekeep devs? Why is releasing something on pc time, but wouldn’t be fine if it was “homebrew”? Because it doesn’t fit your bias?
A game release is a game release, or do these limitations only apply to one side unevenly?
tonytins@pawb.social 1 month ago
Why do you keep insisting I’m moving the goal post? I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m just pointing out the process is not easy as you claim it is.